Homeowners call for upgrades after levee breaches in Marin County neighborhood

After extremely high King Tides flooded several parts of the North Bay over the weekend, many homeowners said improvements need to be made to a levee that was breached twice in the Santa Venetia neighborhood in Marin County, impacting 600 homes.

The county was in the process of applying for $18 million in grant money through FEMA to help fund a “flood wall” to fortify the timber and earth levee.

But after $45 million in federal grant money for the county was blocked by the Trump Administration, the process for the levee improvement grant was halted.

Residents said the flooding appears to be worsening throughout low-lying areas every year during the King Tides.

NBC Bay Area’s Thom Jensen has the full report in the video above.